Since the proclamation of the German 'Energiewende' by the Federal Government in 2011, the transition of the energy supply system has accelerated. In 2011, the "Helmholtz-Alliance" - "ENERGY TRANS - Future Infrastructures for Meeting Energy Demands. Towards Sustainability and Social...

The article analyses the case of a successful innovation in the energy sector: the development of a market for Photovoltaics. It argues that - given the special characteristics of the energy sector - successful innovation depends on strong political support and an advocacy coalition. The method...

This article will examine the claims regarding the nature of work in the emerging information society. Particularly, it will be concerned with challenging the "Death of Distance" thesis presented by F. Cairncross (1997), Beck (1998), and others. This view suggests that geography and especially...